Dear Sriman Aravind, My guess is, the sculptor might not be a Vaishnavite. He might have insisted that we should have a gaNeSa idol as per his family traditions. What about the not-so-old vItthirundha perumAL temple in thirumazhisai? There also we find one! Regards Vishnu --- In ramanuja@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Aravind Raman <aravind108@xxxx> wrote: > sri: > srImathE rAmanajaya nama: > > Dear Bhaktas, > > Please forgive adiyEn for further stirring the hornet's nest! > > Any historical truths about a small sculpted vinAyaka in the entrance of Thiruvallikkeni (Triplicane) Sri Parthasarathy Temple would be welcome! > > AzhwAr emperumAnAr jEyar thiruvadigalE saranam. > > adiyEn rAmAnuja dAsan > aravind rAman > > tavaradhan <tavaradhan@xxxx> wrote: > srI kastUri rangan wrote: > > --- > > This is a speculation of Shri SMS Chari. Having noting the non- > > precedence of installing mUrtis of gurus & acharyas and having > > observed the absence of anya-devata sannidhis in vishnu temples, > > despite the references of the same in Vaishnava agamas, he should > > have done a basic arithmetic. I have observed the amman sannidhi > in > > Tirukkovilur temple. It does not seem to have been an installation > > as per agamas. I am open to correction on this. > ----- > > The "amman" sannadhi in thiru-k-kOvilUr is that of vishNu durga. > > The presence of this sannadhi is even mentioned in > thirunedundhaaNdakam - in the 7th paasuram (vaRpudaiya varai > nedunthOL). > > This paasuram describes thiru-k-kOvilUr and its greatness. > One of the descriptions for thiru-k-kOvilUr is - "vindhai mEya > kaRpudaiya mada-k-kanni kaaval pooNda", the place which is > guarded by the spinster who has gnyAna (kaRpu, here), and who > does not give up (paRRiRRu viddadhu irukkai). > > this kanni is the vishNu durga, who is none other than the yOga > mAyA of the Lord, and was born just befor KrishNa was born to > dEvaki (the child that flew from the hands of kamsa, and warned him). > > the word vindhai mEya is also used to denote the place in where > vishNu durga performed tapas to be given the kainkaryam of > guarding a place of the Lord. > > The above is clearly mentioned in the thirunedundhaaNdagam > vyAkhyaanam of svAmi periya vachchaan piLLai. Swami ES > Bhoovarahaachaariaar has gracefully blessed us with almost 250 hours > of word by word upanyAsam on thirnedundhaaNdagam commentary by > svaami periyavachchaan piLLai. This set is available from Vedics, > and has 15 CDs consisting of MP3 files, and costs $70 (+ $10 S&H). > Please see www.vedics.net for more details. I recommend this > to any person who is interested in our sampradaayam; it is very > easy to listen to, and is appropriate for everyone. > > aazhvaar emperumaanaar jeeyar thiruvadigaLE SaraNam. > adiyEn rAmAnuja dAsan, > varadhan > > > > > azhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyAr thiruvadigalE saranam > > > > Yahoo! Groups SponsorADVERTISEMENT > > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! Groups Links > > To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ramanuja/ > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > ramanuja-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/.itolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> azhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyAr thiruvadigalE saranam Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ramanuja/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: ramanuja-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Home Page
http://www.ibiblio.org/sripedia |
ramanuja-subscribe@yahoogroups.com To subscribe to the list |